Circus Quotes

278 quotes by 222 authors

Going back to Georgiana Drew and John Drew, and my great-grandfather Maurice Barrymore, and it was such a sort of circus of odd, interesting people… — Drew Barrymore
I played football when I was little. I didn't want to be an actress at all, I wanted to be a majorette in an Australian… — Emmanuelle Beart
You realize that for all the shenanigans that go on in the big circus of politics, everybody wakes up and goes to work. — Lewis Black
The money I pay for my cultural experiences came willingly from my own pocket - they were not the result of bread being removed from… — Julie Burchill
My house is basically a trailer. I live a circus lifestyle. I'm always moving. It's not always easy for people that live with me, but… — Nicolas Cage
Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town. — George Carlin
I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor when… — Francesca Annis
Two things only the people actually desire: bread and circuses. — Juvenal
When I was a little boy, I wanted to be a baseball player and also join the circus. With the Yankees, I've accomplished both. — Graig Nettles
Golf is a nice game, but that's all. It's never going to be an exciting game to watch on TV. It's not a circus and… — Jack Nicklaus
Thanks to the circus between my ears, I can seize upon the smallest disquieting observation and from it extrapolate a terror of cataclysmic proportions. — Dean Koontz
The sun stands for energy and youth, which is what I thought the circus should be about. — Guy Laliberte
Rock 'n' roll is like a circus today. — Ray Manzarek
I remember in the circus learning that the clown was the prince, the high prince. I always thought that the high prince was the lion… — Roberto Benigni
I am sad, sad as a circus-lioness... — Jean Rhys
Funerals and weddings were commonplace, and nothing could have been so interesting to them as the coming of the end of the world ... unless… — Edward Eggleston
A circus is like a mother in whom one can confide and who rewards and punishes. — Burt Lancaster
Circus dogs jump when the trainer cracks his whip. — George Orwell
But if you want to change the world, don't be afraid of the circuses. — William H. McRaven
The two-headed boy in the circus never had such a headache. — W.C. Fields

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